Lightning Safety Awareness Week: Awareness is working, NWS says
Between 2001 to 2020, at least 643 people have died across the country as a result of lightning strikes. Two more have died so far this year.
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Jun 22, 2021, 9:37 PM
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The
National Weather Service is marking its 21st Lightning Safety Awareness Week by
announcing a considerable decrease in the number of lightning deaths in the
United States.
According
to Nelson Vaz, a warning coordination meteorologist, “When LSAW began in 2001,
the United States averaged 55 deaths per year based on the previous 10 years.
That average has now dropped to 25 deaths per year despite an increase of 16%
in the U.S. population.”
Vaz
attributes the decrease to “better lightning safety policies and guidelines,
and better medical attention for lightning victims.”
Between
2001 to 2020, at least 643 people have died across the country as a result of
lightning strikes. Two more have died so far this year.
The
National Weather Service has provided these useful links for everything
lightning safety:
